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Artefact gallery

Drafting and mapping instruments

Draftsmen and cartographers used a variety of instruments to allow them to create survey plans and maps over Queensland.

  • A compass with a beam and sliding sockets
  • An instrument for measuring distances on a map
  • Drawing set contains tools used to draw circles and lines
  • Paper weight used to hold down survey plans or maps
  • Different sized rolling parallel rulers used to draw parallel lines on survey plans and maps
  • A drawing board mounted on a tripod for plotting survey data in the field
  • Divider used in the copying of drawings on a reduced or enlarged scale
  • Mapping protractor used for plotting a bearing onto a map
  • Set of boxwood scale rules
  • Stencils used in drawing of survey plans and maps
  • Pocket stereoscope used to create a three-dimensional image from a set of two-dimensional photographs

In this guide:

  1. Distance measurement instruments
  2. Drafting and mapping instruments
  3. Angular measurement instruments
  4. Heighting instruments
  5. Surveying accessories
  6. Astronomical observing instruments and timekeeping
  7. Artefact gallery
  8. Photographic equipment
  9. Calculations

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Last updated:
13 March 2018
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